Strategic Planning and Foresight Analyst

This position is located in the Government Accountability Office. Strategic Planning and External Liaison leads efforts in strategic foresight and planning which are key components to the agency’s strategic management framework. As a Strategic Planning and Foresight Analyst you will be responsible for building, supporting and maintaining GAO’s environmental scanning and foresight program.

Duties

As a Strategic Planning and Foresight Analyst, PT–0343-2your typical work assignments may include the following:

• Supports GAO’s strategic planning efforts, including preparing and updating GAO’s multi-year strategic plan and related products in various media; coordinating with GAO’s strategic goal liaisons, trend paper leads, goal integrators, planners, units/teams in preparing the planning and reporting documents; defining and aligning plans with overall institutional strategic goals, key efforts and performance measures; quality checking the strategic plan; and issuing communication about the plan’s publication.
• Use strategic planning and foresight outcomes to help inform cross-agency initiatives, management of GAO advisory entities, and strengthen capacities of domestic and international accountability partners.
• Manage, edit, contribute to and distribute foresight and environmental scanning communications to internal audiences.
• Build and maintain a tracking system to monitor the results of strategic foresight and environmental scanning processes to assist in GAO’s organizational and strategic planning efforts.
• Lead and apply strategic foresight processes to GAO’s strategic planning through continuous environmental scanning and trend monitoring.
• Collaborate with experts and practitioners of strategic planning, foresight and environmental scanning.
• Monitor and evaluate outcomes of GAO’s strategic foresight and environmental scanning programs
  

  Requirements

  Conditions of Employment

  You must meet all qualification requirements before the announcement closes.
  1. You must be a U.S. citizen
  2. You may be required to submit a financial disclosure statement.
  3. You must be suitable for federal employment.
  4. Registered for Selective Service, if applicable. (www.sss.gov).
  5. Completion of a probationary period may be required

  Qualifications

  You may qualify at the BAND 02 level, if you fulfill the following qualification requirement:

  One year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at the next lower equivalent band/grade level (PT-I/GS-11), OR equivalent public or private sector experience. For this position, specialized experience is defined as: Specialized experience is defined as (1) using environmental scanning and trend analysis techniques to develop strategic plans; (2) using project management principles and methodologies to establish schedules and deadlines; track and organize projects; and (3) briefing senior leadership on the projects and/or strategic plans.

  Education

  This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

  Additional information

  This is NON a bargaining unit position.

  Based on the staffing needs, additional selections may be made through this vacancy announcement.

  Travel and relocation expenses will not be paid for by the GAO.

  Males born after 12/31/59 and at least 18 years of age must be registered with the Selective Service System. Visit https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx.

  Selectees will be required to complete questions contained on the Declaration for Federal Employment (OF-306) at the time a tentative job offer is made. If selected, at the time of appointment, selectees will be required to update the OF-306.

  REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: GAO provides reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. To request accommodation, please email ReasonableAccommodations@gao.gov.The U.S. Government Accountability Office’s policy is to provide equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

  The U.S. Government Accountability Office’s policy is to provide equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

  The U.S. GAO is part of the Legislative Branch of the Federal government. As such, all positions are in the excepted service. Initial appointments, permanent or indefinite, to the GAO require completion of a one or two-year probationary period.